PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donsone De (ranked 182 p4p, 29 weight class) and Ed Ruth (ranked 481 p4p, 77 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

De
vs
Ruth

190 cm
27
224 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

185 cm
30
213 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donsone De!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ed Ruth!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruth lands a glancing blow to the side of De's head.
De has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Xtreme MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Ruth uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De.
Ruth doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
De takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ruth takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ruth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De lands a high kick!
Ruth takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by De there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
De throws a sloppy body shot
and Ruth counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheers as De lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ruth doesn't seem phased though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A lazy left from De finds it's target.
Ruth throws a jab but it's blocked by De.
Ruth avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
De misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It seemed like Ruth was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De throws a head kick that Ruth semi-blocks.
De scores with a jab to the head.
De blocks a jab.
De ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruth moves away.
De throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ruth.
A little jabbing left from Ruth on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

De clinches with his opponent.

Ruth breaks from the clinch.
De loads up on a big right hand but Ruth slips the punch.

Ruth feints and as De raises his hands in defense, Ruth changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
De is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
De is working hard here to advance position.
Ruth missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
De controls Ruth momentarily but Ruth frees himself.
De keeping moving, preventing Ruth from controlling successfully.
Ruth stands up over De, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now De is on top in guard.

This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruth looking for a sweep. Not yet Ruth, not yet.
De is working Ruth over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
De postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De throwing strikes from guard but Ruth blocks nicely.
De postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ruth is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruth is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
De with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ruth pulls De in close to his closed guard and prevents De from doing any damage or advancing position.
De stands and throws Ruth's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruth stops De from passing to mount.
De looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Ruth is avoiding damage well.
De throws an elbow but Ruth slips to the side and avoids it well.
De lands a decent elbow from side control.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
The strikes coming from De are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
De wants to control but Ruth is keeping him busy.
Ruth can't do much from the bottom here.
Ruth managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by De.
Ruth struggling a bit here.
De lands a nice forearm strike.
De wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ruth keeps working.
De lands a nice forearm strike.
Ruth is trying to control De's posture but De avoids it.
De tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ruth manages to work his way to half guard, despite De's best efforts.
De not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donsone De dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

De closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ruth circles away.
Ruth now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
De throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice defenses there by Ruth.
Ruth swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ruth takes a swing at De's ribcage but misses.
Ruth just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDe.
Ruth lands with a hook. De tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
De misses with a body shot.
Ruth with a hook.
Ruth moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Donsone De seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De lands with a straight right. Ruth didn't see that one coming.

De rushes Ruth and presses him up against the cage.
Ruth blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by De as Ruth tries to tie him up.
De lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ruth stalling the fight.
De swings wildly with an uppercut but Ruth uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from De fails to land.
Ruth drops to a knee looking for a takedown but De gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ruth.
De lands a nice shot to the body.
De scores with a nice hook to the head.
De working aggressively here.
De is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ruth can do to turn this around?
A hook to the body from De.
De throws a head punch that misses.
De tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruth stalling in the clinch but De improves position.
De struggles to land a body shot inside as Ruth controls his hands.
Ruth has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. De avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Ruth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Ruth was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
De moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
De throws a jab but it's blocked by Ruth.
Ruth listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De slips under a jab from Ruth.
De swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De connects with a right hand. Ruth shakes it off.
Ruth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ruth throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De.
De was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ruth defending well as De loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Ruth was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruth misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Ruth misses.
Ruth ducks right into an uppercut from De.
De scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De throws a body punch but Ruth moves out of range.
Ruth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De digs a good hook to Ruth's body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De, right into the meat.
De misses the shot to the body.
De lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
De keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Donsone De is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ruth under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruth misses with a straight right.
De fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruth manages to avoid it.
De fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ruth.
De throws a hook but Ruth avoids it easily.
Ruth ducks under a wild hook from De.
A countering left hand to the body from Ruth misses.
De fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ruth has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A big right from Ruth misses.
De takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ruth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ruth might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ruth tests De's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donsone De dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ruth fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
De swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ruth scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De tries for a takedown but Ruth sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ruth throws a body punch but De moves out of range.
De fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
De defending well as Ruth loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruth lands a nice shot to the body.
De throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruth avoids the head kick by De.
De swings for the body but Ruth moves out of range.
Ruth throws out a counter right but De avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruth works the jab nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from De. Ruth does a little dance to reset his feet.
De misses with a leg kick
and Ruth counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
De wants to clinch
and Ruth connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ruth fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops De to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! De looks to clinch but Ruth throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! De taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ed Ruth!
Donsone De spoke after the fight, saying 'The only real victory are KOs, and you failed. Savor the Win, You'll know why I let you have the W, because somebody is going to get cucked by his girl with me soon. *smirks*'.